Athletics' Nick Kurtz Plate Surge: 4 HR, 6 hit, 19 Tribases

The drift of the historic explosion of Nick Kurtz:

Friday, July 25, 2025 Oakland Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz had a once-in-a-generation game at Daikin Park, hitting four home runs in one game, a first by any rookie in Major League Baseball history.

He was 6-of-6 with eight RBI and six runs. The 19 total bases he had equaled the MLB single-game record established by Shawn Green in 2002.

The four pitchers that Kurtz hit homers off of include one against a position player (Cooper Hummel) in the ninth inning.

He is only 22 years old and now the youngest player to manage a four-homer game.

In 66 games, Kurtz has batted around .305/.374/.686, homered 23 times, batted in 59 RBIs, and recorded 43 extra-base hits--more than all other MLB rookies in these three categories and easily the best bet to win AL Rookie of the Year.

Not only has this overwhelming performance made Kurtz a part of baseball lore, but also has rewritten the A rebuilding narrative--how attractive his bat has become.

Demonstrating such a performance is extremely uncommon and difficult to overestimate. The number of players in MLB history who have homered four times in a game is merely 20, and Kurtz is the only rookie of them.

You want me to deconstruct the homers one by one, compare him to other games of historical significance, or follow how this translates to his season-long projections? Tell me!